ORANGEBURG, N.Y. -- With the CACC Tournament just around the corner, every game has more and more meaning for Post University Men's Tennis in their quest to move up the standings. After taking down Dominican (N.Y.) on Satruday, 5-2, for the second time this season, the Eagles are tied for second place with Chestnut Hill College and have two games remaining with one against the Chargers and another against the Griffins on Sunday and Wednesday respectively. 

At the moment, Post is tied with Chestnut Hill at 3-4 in the conference with both teams having a game left against each other and Dominican (N.Y.). Having split their season series so far, it could very well come down to next Wednesday to decide if the Eagles will host their first-ever CACC Tournament match at the Edgewood Bath and Tennis.

THE BASICS

Post University 5, Dominican (N.Y.) 2

Post University (3-11, 3-4 CACC)

Dominican (N.Y.) (1-7, 0-6 CACC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
It was a sweep of the Doubles matches for Post as senior Anton Andersson and sophomore Josh Cronje made quick work of the #1 Doubles in which they won 6-0 over junior Ander Cantero Sadaba and sophomore John Bruno. A pair of 6-3 scores in both the #2 and #3 Doubles for the Eagles helped them take the Doubles point as graduate student Gustavo Kerber and junior Dante Despontin were winners over sophomores Jorge Catala and Leonhard Fleisch. Meanwhile, sophomore Tobias Strauss and junior Ivan Kolchanov defeated freshman Ali Zizi and senior Qalib Bahadurali Ladhani in the #3 Doubles. 

Four of the five Singles winners for Post would finish with a 2-0 day between the Doubles and Singles starting with Andersson over Zizi in the #1 Singles with 6-3 and 6-2 wins. Kerber was also victorious in the #2 Singles over Catala as the two sides split 6-4 set wins before Kerber took the 10-point tie-breaking third set, 10-3. The final two winners of the day for the Eagles came from Despontin in the #3 Singles, 6-0 and 6-2, over Bahadurali Ladhani and Staruss in the #6 Singles, 6-3 and 6-1, over Bruno. 

The two wins for the Chargers came for Fleisch in the #4 Singles over sophomore Josh Cronje in three sets after a 6-3 win for Cronje followed by a 7-6 win in set two and a 10-7 tiebreaker win in set three. The #5 Singles was also in favor of Dominican (N.Y.) as Sabada took down Kolchanov, 6-4 and 6-1, but the Eagles prevailed 5-2 for the team win. 

BY THE NUMBERS

• Dante Despontin and Gustavo Kerber's got back on track after losing their first Doubles match together against Jefferson, moving to 8-1 as a duo this season 
• With his #1 Singles win, Anton Andersson snapped a three-game losing streak in the Singles to improve to 5-9 on the season 
• Tobias Strauss won his second straight Singles match in the #6 slot after dropping his first two of the season
• Post University has now won five straight matches against Dominican (N.Y.) and six of the seven all-time matches 

WHO'S NEXT
Post University's final two regular season games come at home over the next few days, starting tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 PM back in Middlebury, Connecticut at the Edgewood Bath and Tennis Club against Dominican (N.Y.) again. This is the third and final matchup between the two teams this season.